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Speech & Hearing Awareness Month!
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Hold a career presentation at a local high school, college
or university to
introduce our professions to students. Set up a CASLPA display
or information booth in universities with S-LP and
Audiology programs....
Hold an essay contest, spelling bee or public speaking competition,
with a communication theme at local schools....
Label all out-going mail with a sticker or stamp announcing
May is Speech and
Hearing Awareness Month....
Set up a display booth at a local mall,
library or school offering information to community members
about the importance of communication in their lives....
Remind everyone how we take the precious gift of communication
for granted. Organize a silence day, where nobody is allowed
to speak.....
Sell hearing protection at a rock concert.....
Inform local radio and television stations about your participation
in Speech and
Hearing Awareness Month and offer to be interviewed on air....
Display May Month posters on bulletin boards throughout
your community -
at work, local schools, shopping centres, community centres
or churches....
Provide May Month placemats/ tray liners to local restaurants,
fast food chains, hospitals, clinics or school cafeterias....
Ask your local library or bookstore to set up a display
for May Month featuring books with speech, hearing and communication
themes....
Distribute buttons, magnets or other promo items to your
employees, clients etc....
Offer an information session to members of the community
who wish to find out more about speech, language and hearing....
Provide May Month childrens colouring/activity sheets
to doctors offices, day care centres, schools, etc....
Take the opportunity to educate children and parents by
organizing a teddy bear health fair where children can bring
their stuffed animals to have hearing screenings and speech
assessments....
Ask your Mayor or local MP and MPP to publicly proclaim
Speech-language and Hearing Month at a Council or Cabinet
meeting....
Supply your local pharmacies/grocery stores with speech-language
& hearing literature and ask them to include it in the
bag with each customers purchase...
Organize a television or radio interview with an adult in
your community living with a communication disorder....
Host an interactive public forum to discuss speech and hearing
communication and awareness....
Hold a communication colouring or poster contest in partnership
with a local merchant who will display the entries....
Send speech and hearing and May Month articles, public service
ads and artwork to local media - radio, TV or newspapers-you
could even write a song or poem....
Talk to your local newspaper about publishing a Speech and
Hearing Awareness fact of the week for each week in May....
Ask local hotels, malls or other businesses to announce
Speech & Hearing Month on their outdoor billboards.....
Hold an open house or health fair where co-workers, clients,
community mem-
bers and the general public are invited to visit your facilities....
Offer hearing screenings and demonstrate equipment such
as FM amplification systems, efi, electronarynx, etc....
Hold any type of special event... a banquet to recognize
sponsors, volunteers or an outstanding citizen in your community
who has a communication disorder. Organize a fundraiser -
golf tournament, fashion show, etc. to benefit a particular
speech, language or hearing disorder...
Give a baby basket to the mother of the first baby born
in May at your local hospital....
Find a well-known public official or local celebrity in
your community who has a communication disorder and ask them
to get involved in one of your events and speak out publicly
in support of the issues....
Offer information packages with stickers and balloons to
parents of all babies
born in May - put them in your hospital waiting rooms, doctors
offices, etc....
Develop a Teachers Kit containing activity sheets
and fact sheets concerning childhood communication problems
and deliver it to local schools. You may also want to include
a letter which can be sent home to parents or ask if you can
make a presentation to the staff, teachers association
or PTA....
Offer a free introductory sign language lesson at the local
library or community centre...
Hold a Speech and Hearing Trivia contest (with prizes) in
your local newspaper, on the radio or at an information booth....
Set up a telephone hotline centre or call-in radio show
with a panel of speech and hearing specialists to let the
public talk to the experts.
Be creative... organize any
special event which will promote awareness about speech, language
and hearing in your community - then be sure to tell
us about it so you can make this list next year.
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Conference 2011 in Montréal! Submit by September 15, 2010.
Scholarship Applications CASLPA has four scholarship categories offering 17 scholarships ranging
from $1,000 - $2,500. Applications
are now being accepted.Deadline October 10.
CASLPA Awards 2011 Recognize the outstanding achievements of a fellow colleague by nominating
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New Professional Development Opportunities Series
of webcasts from 2010 CASLPA conference sessions.
Advocating for the Professions CASLPA submits brief,
recommending funding for early identification and intervention programs,
for consideration by the Standing Committee on Finance during the 2011 budget
consultation process.
Clincial Research Grants Check
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Powerpoint Resources CASLPA releases new powerpoint: Supportive Personnel Working with Speech-Language
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Project on Speech, Language and Hearing Services
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New Position Statements CASLPA has released new
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VAC Benefits Veterans Affairs Canada has reviewed reimbursements for beneficiaries requiring
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Prevention and Control Guidelines for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology unveiled - March 25, 2010.
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